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10 Sep 2005, 05:15

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Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.

(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves
(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves
(C) fund intended to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after exhausting its oil reserves
(E) fund that they intend to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after oil reserves are exhausted

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07 Aug 2007, 08:25

Alaska regularly deposits profits from its sale of oil into a special
(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted
(D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves

The “its” in D implies that the fund or Alaska is exhausting its oil reserves. Even though it is clear that the fund cannot logically exhaust oil reserves, we cannot choose D because of this slight ambiguity. We have a better alternative choice, C, which removes the situation and ambiguity of who is exhausting the oil supply.

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07 Aug 2007, 08:29

bmwhype2 wrote:

Alaska regularly deposits profits from its sale of oil into a special(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted (D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves

The “its” in D implies that the fund or Alaska is exhausting its oil reserves. Even though it is clear that the fund cannot logically exhaust oil reserves, we cannot choose D because of this slight ambiguity. We have a better alternative choice, C, which removes the situation and ambiguity of who is exhausting the oil supply.

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07 Aug 2007, 08:31

beckee529 wrote:

bmwhype2 wrote:

Alaska regularly deposits profits from its sale of oil into a special(C) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after oil reserves are exhausted (D) fund intended to sustain the state's economy after exhausting its oil reserves

The “its” in D implies that the fund or Alaska is exhausting its oil reserves. Even though it is clear that the fund cannot logically exhaust oil reserves, we cannot choose D because of this slight ambiguity. We have a better alternative choice, C, which removes the situation and ambiguity of who is exhausting the oil supply.

Thanks for the explanation. I picked D.

no problem. i post my reasoning so that other can learn, but more importantly, so others can criticize my reasoning when i am wrong.

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Alaska regularly deposits some of its profits from the sale of oil into a special fund, with the intention to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves.

(A) fund, with the intention to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after the exhaustion of its oil reserves(B) fund, the intention of which is to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after they have exhausted their oil reserves(C) fund intended to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after oil reserves are exhausted(D) fund intended to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after exhausting its oil reserves(E) fund that they intend to sustain the stateâ€™s economy after oil reserves are exhausted

I dont know the correct answer but I dont think C is right either.
I think C is missing "its" before oil reserves. Or else ambiguity remains that who oil reserves are we talking about .May be I am wrong.
Anyway can we have the OA please.